Crafts CouncilDirectoryMarilyn RathboneSix Degrees of SeparationAboutThe braids form a set of six number sequences. It is not only numbers I find fascinating but also the spaces between them (the degrees of separation).The braids show the first sixty numbers of each sequence. Why sixty? … because sixty is a number of many parts. It’s known as the “ace of divisibility”. The braids were woven on an Inkle loom and the cords, that hold the braids in place on the cardboard tubes, with a Lucet.Marilyn RathboneWorthing, EnglandSix Degrees of Separation, Prime Numbers, close-up detail, Marilyn RathboneSix Degrees of Separation, Random Numbers, Marilyn RathboneThe distances between the sixty random numbers are also random (1-15 picks per gap) and there are sixty coloured dots, a random mix of red, yellow and blue, attached at random intervals along the length of the braid.Six Degrees of Separation, Prime Numbers, Marilyn RathboneSix Degrees of Separation , Marilyn RathboneMaterials: silk thread, cardboard tubes, grey board, paperSix Degrees of SeparationAboutThe braids form a set of six number sequences. It is not only numbers I find fascinating but also the spaces between them (the degrees of separation).The braids show the first sixty numbers of each sequence. Why sixty? … because sixty is a number of many parts. It’s known as the “ace of divisibility”. The braids were woven on an Inkle loom and the cords, that hold the braids in place on the cardboard tubes, with a Lucet.Marilyn RathboneWorthing, EnglandSix Degrees of Separation, Prime Numbers, close-up detail, Marilyn RathboneSix Degrees of Separation, Prime Numbers, Marilyn RathboneSix Degrees of Separation, Random Numbers, Marilyn RathboneThe distances between the sixty random numbers are also random (1-15 picks per gap) and there are sixty coloured dots, a random mix of red, yellow and blue, attached at random intervals along the length of the braid.Six Degrees of Separation , Marilyn RathboneMaterials: silk thread, cardboard tubes, grey board, paperMore from Marilyn RathboneProjectWaterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 2009ProjectEquivalent IXProject100 Metres DashProjectThe British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50, Tokyo, Japan, 2014ProjectBauhaus BraidsProjectPi in the SkyProjectVlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award for Most Innovative use of Textiles, 2019ProjectRibbonacci